Corporate Structures Pillows

"That may be, but if you-know-who loses his protected status we're all out on our butts."

"Looks like we found the issue."

"The good news is you’re the only one we’re not firing ... the bad news is you’re the only one to run the department."

"I don't like getting bogged down in details. I'm more of a big-picture guy."

'No, your guess isn't as good as mine.'

'I'm judging by your silence Al that you're giving me the green light on the Greenwich project. I just want to say that I admire your leadership. I guess that's why you've been running this company for 20 years.'

Welcome to the Team

He was destined for greatness. Whatever that meant.

Voice coming from wooden horse: 'Quiet Fanshaw! If this hostile take-over bid is going to work we've got to get right inside the boardroom.'

"It used to Casual Friday. Now it's Furlough Friday."

"Lost my job. But I'm pretty sure it's around here somewhere."

"Tell the vice presidents they've downsized enough."

Parade of Businessmen

"Uh-Oh..."

'If sales don't improve incrementally... our business outlook will change excrementally...'

"How can you have a meteoric rise to the top in a one-story building?"

'I'm delegating everything but my paycheck and my snazzy office to you.'

"Ahh... don't you just LOVE that new, re-organized-under-bankruptcy-protection smell?"

"You're on top of this week's Sales Pyramid."

'Chicken Farms - Pecking Order'

Dogs reviewing organizational chart - 'Hunter can eat Spanky or Fido, Spanky can eat Spot or Duke,....' and so on.

"What we didn't have but obviously needed was an alarmist."

"Remember, if I can't introduce you it's because I can't remember their name - so that's when you step in and introudce yourself so we can get them to say it, okay?" - Company Party Prep.

'By the time I climbed up to this job, I was too tired to do it.'

"Let's kick off this Human Resource action with a game of Musical Chairs."

"You know, there's a corporate elevator."

Standard Life Aberdeen Rebrand

"Ms. Ray, you're getting a promotion! You're no longer my Gal Friday. You're now my Gal Saturday."

'That's my 'job security' barometer.'

Zoo Inc. Management Structure

'You can't put him out to pasture - he owns the pasture!'

"As you can see, our corporate structure is turtles all the way down."

'...and this time Gerald, don't refer to the RBS as the Ripoff Bonus Scheme!'

'This merger will cut jobs 40%, reduce salaries 30% and increase the work hours 25%. Your job is to make this look like the best thing that ever happened to our employees.'

"Gentlemen, I've called this meeting to discuss absenteeism."